65% of Global Enterprises to Allow at least Limited BYOD by the End of 2012, only 11% Have No Plan

Bring your own device (BYOD) policies are driving the consumerization of IT, find out the impact of this on enterprise IT and the greater mobile market with these market research reports from Global Information Inc.

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FARMINGTON, Conn., Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global interest in BYOD policies and their impact on enterprise IT and related device markets have accelerated over the last five years, largely due to the increasing technical literacy and influence of employees and the resultant consumerization of enterprise IT. Significant opportunities exist for manufacturers of mobile, tablet, and notebook devices to drive enterprise IT adoption by appealing to consumers.

These new market research reports available from Global Information Inc (GII) offer unique and valuable insight into this rapidly shifting market, providing detailed information that will prove indispensable for CEOs, marketers, product managers, suppliers, service providers, government agencies, investors, analysts and regulators. With over 11,000 IT and telecom research reports, and with new reports published daily, GII is the go-to market research supplier for thousands of businesses around the globe.

This new market research report estimates the global market impact of BYOD and enterprise mobility through the end of 2017. This study provides detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis of the global BYOD and enterprise mobility market, and offers a comprehensive review of major market drivers, restraints, opportunities, winning imperatives, challenges, and key issues in the enterprise mobility market. The market is further segmented and forecasted based on the major geographic regions, North America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. The competitive scenario and market share of the top players in the BYOD and enterprise mobility market was discussed in depth. The top players of the industries are profiled in detail with their recent developments and other strategic industry activities.

A major trend affecting enterprises of all sizes, and the smartphone industry, is the rise of BYOD policies for mobile usage. With BYOD, personally-owned handsets, tablets and notebooks are used for business functions. The enterprise may, or may not, fund the usage fees, but must find ways to allow a diverse range of products to access corporate networks and systems, such that productivity is boosted without compromising security.

This study is based on an extensive survey of enterprise organizations around the world, with 65% of these corporations confirming that they will have adopted some level of BYOD by the end of 2012, and only 11% not having any plan for BYOD in the near future. The top two reasons specified for pushing forward with BYOD are cost reduction and staff motivation, yet there are many fears in the IT departments. According to this survey, key concerns include security, fragmented software, and ironically, a rise in support costs.

This IDC study, drawing on CIO responses from surveys and analysts' direct discussions with CIOs and other providers of key solutions, details the trends in corporate support for mobile devices, particularly BYOD policies. We present BYOD best practices and examine the challenges that CIOs face in the support, costs, management, and security of employee-liable devices.

The study offers a detailed look at the forces driving BYOD, including the consumerization of IT, mobile devices and operating system diversity, and mobile application proliferation and development. The report also examines the implications for IT departments on mobile device management, mobile virtualization, security and risk management, legal and regulatory considerations, costs, and other risks and challenges.

About Global Information Inc. Global Information (GII) (http://www.giiresearch.com) is an information service company partnering with over 300 research companies around the world. Global Information has been in the business of distributing technical and market research for more than 25 years. Expanded from its original headquarters in Japan, Global Information now has offices in Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Europe and the United States.